Solidago odora, the sweet goldenrod, anisescented goldenrod or fragrant goldenrod, is a North American species of goldenrod within the family Asteraceae. The plant is native to the United States and Mexico, found in every coastal state from Veracruz to New Hampshire and as far inland as Ohio, Missouri, and Oklahoma.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map It flowers from July through October.
It can be found in habitats such as live oak woodlands, loblolly pine-sweetgum stands, and slashpine savannas.Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: July 2015. Collectors: Travis MacClendon, Karen MacClendon, B. Boothe, M. Boothe, Bian Tan, Brenda Herring, Jame Amoroso, Loran C. Anderson, Gwynn W. Ramsey, R.K. Godfrey, R. S. Mitchell, Paul L. Redfearn, Jr., Angus Gholson, George R. Cooley, Richard J. Eaton, James D. Ray, Jr., R L Lazor, V. I. Sullivan, A. F. Clewell, R. Kral, H. E. Grelen, Gary R. Knight, R. A. Norris, R. Komarek, Cecil R Slaughter, S. W. Leonard, R. E. Perdue, Jr., Richard D. Houk, James D. Ray, Jr., Olga Lakela, Jackie Patman, Melanie R. Darst. States and Counties: Florida: Alachua, Calhoun, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Hernando, Highland, Hillsborough, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Marion, Martin, Okaloosa, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Santa Roasa, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla, Walton, Washington. Georgia: Camden, Grady, Thomas.
Subspecies include:Flora of North America, Solidago odora Aiton, 1789. Anise-scented or fragrant or sweet goldenrod Integrated Taxonomy Information System ITIS Accessed Sept 28, 2014. Solidago odora subsp. odora - most of species range Solidago odora subsp. chapmanii (Gray) Semple - Florida and Southern Georgia only
As a traditional medicine, Solidago odora has a variety of ethnobotanical uses, especially by the Cherokee.
The leaves, which smell of licorice when crushed, can be made into a tea. Galls This species is host to the following insect-induced galls: Eurosta lateralis (Wiedemann, 1830) Procecidochares atra (Loew, 1862) (summer and autumn generations) Calycomyza solidaginis Kaltenbach, 1869
Ecology
Solidago odora is insect pollinated and is recorded to have been visited in northern Florida by Augochloropsis anonyma, Augochloropsis metallica, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, and Lasioglossum apopkense . Ulyshen, M. D., K. Robertson, S. Horn, and C. Dixon. 2024. Characterization of the bee community and pollination network in a southeastern U.S. pine savanna. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12:1403602.
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